There is something very mysterious that happens to us when we step into a lift. Outside the lift we are one of the most talkative civilizations on earth. In trains we discuss politics. In buses we analyse cricket. In queues we offer medical advice. Sit next to someone for three…


Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.